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Presents: Making Sense of Challenging Behaviour

This workshop will offer something for everyone.

Caregivers and professionals supporting individuals with mental health challenges often express difficulties in handling “challenging behaviours”. People living with these challenges themselves, and their families, are also clearly struggling to make sense of why people do what they do.

This workshop will provide an understanding of the neurobiology of sensory processing and emotional problems that can result in complex and challenging behaviour. It is based on cutting-edge research that bridges translational research from the fields of neuroscience, occupational therapy, psychology and trauma psychology. Through lecture, videotape analysis, problem solving labs and group discussion, participants will learn to make sense of a wide range of mental health complexities.

Workshop Objectives:

Upon completion of this 2 day workshop, participants will be able to:

Understand the neurobiology of challenging behaviour

Distinguish between sensory, emotional and cognitive components of behaviour

Analyze various overlapping contributions to behavioural problems

Integrate theories of intervention into a holistic approach to complex behaviours

Acquire a toolbox of treatment techniques and relationship-building strategies

Day One Topics:

Analysis of challenging behaviour

Is it sensory or is it behavioural?

Sensory contributions to challenging behaviour

Attachment and trauma

How to analyze relational components of challenging behaviour

Day Two Topics:

Treating challenging behaviour with attunement and dialoguing skills

Regulation through relationship

Sensory strategies for managing complex and self-abusive behaviours

Integrating treatment strategies in diverse environments

About Kim Barthel

Kim Barthel is a world-renowned teacher and occupational therapist, actively supporting multi-disciplinary function and healing in many cultures. A pioneer in reinforcing the importance of relationship in therapy and education, she is known for blending cutting-edge developments in neuroscience with the art of compassionate inquiry. With 30+ years as an OT, Kim’s specialties include Sensory Processing, Complex Behaviour, Inclusive Education, Autism, Mental Health, Trauma Informed Practice, Addiction and Attachment. To empower personal reflection, she recently co-authored the national best-seller “Conversations with a Rattlesnake” with NHL hockey legend Theo Fleury. Kim’s mission is to support the conscious evolution of the human spirit.

To see more about Kim, her website is www.kimbarthel.ca, she’s on Twitter @kimbarthelOTR and on Facebook under ‘Kimberly Barthel’